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When I spent 2.5 months exploring South East Asia earlier this year, one thing that quickly became apparent, regardless of the country I happened to be in, was that mobile phone accessories are a big deal. You couldn’t walk more than a city block without running into a street vendor selling silicon cases or imitation Beats headphones. It makes sense when you think about it. When you’re in a city of 8+ million people, and everyone has a Galaxy S3 or an iPhone, you want to stand out somehow....

Vivo currently operates in a number of countries apart from its homeland. These include Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia and more. The company which was founded alongside Oppo marked their first global expansion with the entry into Thailand back in 2014. For the uninitiated, Vivo regards among the top 5 smartphones vendors in the world by Gartner. It is in fact, the official sponsor of the upcoming two FIFA World Cups....

Hyundai and Kia now say that some of their cars are also at risk of spontaneously catching fire, urging owners to park outside until fixed. The issue impacts nearly 500,000 vehicles. Read on to see if you own one of these recalled vehicles and what you should do about it. Here’s the backstory Hyundai Motor Group, the parent company of Hyundai and Kia, is recalling several models over faulty components in the anti-lock braking system (ABS)....

This has been stated by German researchers in a conference on hacking, Svea Eckert, and Andreas Dewes. According to them, they have been able to access the records of judges, politicians and other personalities. How did they get it? Thanks to browser extensions like Google Chrome, they constantly collect private data from their users. The web pages you visit are still available even in Incognito. This violates any privacy regulations of the European Union, although the developers of such extensions seem to overlook this point....

At least that is how it’s supposed to play out. Developers and manufacturers work diligently to ensure the newly released version is free of problems, so they roll out updates over a period of time, instead of all at once. They’ll even postpone an update if necessary. Despite all the preparation and precautions, the perfect update is rare. Whether the update is for iPhone for Android, there are plenty of OS stories that could make even the most optimistic mobile device user worry about the next update — tap or click here to get an idea....

Verizon today launched the Galaxy Note Edge on its network. The phablet will be available on Verizon’s network from today itself for $399 on a two-year contract. You can also buy the handset outright for $799 if you are not too keen on entering into a two year-contract with the Big Red. The Galaxy Note Edge has been available on AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint’s network from mid-November of last year....

VirusTotal Analysing Mac Malware Inside Sandbox This comes during an era while, as indicated by security sellers, the quantity of conceivably undesirable Mac OS X applications, particularly adware projects, is at an untouched high. For a long time, the administration just performed a static sweep of client submitted documents without executing them and this forgot an imperative part of cutting edge malware testing behavioral examination. On the other hand, they may recognize and piece it in the event that it tries to accomplish something suspicious when executed....

Now that the ICC World cup 2011 has ended, the cricket fanatics have another extravaganza to drool over – the Indian Premier League (IPL 2011). The IPL 4 will feature 2 new teams in addition to the existing 8 teams from this edition. IPL 4 starts on April 8 and will run till May 28th, 2011. More than 75 matches will be played during 51 days of IPL4. Kochi Tuskers and Pune Warriors are the 2 news teams that are added in this edition of IPL, making it bigger and better than IPL 3....

But where we see savings, others see opportunity. Hackers regularly target retail outlets with large scale attacks that steal data and credit card information. Now, just in time for the season, one of the nation’s biggest department stores has revealed they were victims of a massive hack and data breach. If you shopped at this department store in the past few months, you might want to pay attention. Department store falls victim to Magecart attack According to new reports from BleepingComputer, famed department store Macy’s announced its website suffered a severe cyberattack....

VR on YouTube Whether watching VR-primed or plain 360-degree videos, YouTube is your ideal Android destination. Google’s service added support for both in 2015. It’s easy to watch either video with Cardboard. When you load up a 360/VR-compatible video on your phone, tap the little Cardboard icon on the lower right. It’s impossible to miss. Doing so splits the image into two nearly-identical frames. When the phone is inserted into your Cardboard viewer and held up to your face....

There are plenty of good resources online, you just need to know which ones have accurate info. Tap or click here for a list of trustworthy Twitter accounts to follow. You’ve probably heard a lot about testing during the COVID-19 outbreak. This is good because it helps you understand what’s going on. That’s why a new site has come online that tracks test results across the country. How many people have coronavirus in your state?...

If you’re at least aware of your more grotesque inadequacies and hypocrisies, there’s hope that, somewhere deep inside, you may still have space for empathies. I did wonder the other night, though, whether self-deprecation can enjoy a somewhat damaging side. There I was watching a deeply pulsating NBA Finals game when up popped an ad I had to see twice in order to facilitate complete digestion. The ad began like this: “Hi....

And with nearly 100 million subscribers worldwide, Netflix is one of the most popular online services around. With these kinds of subscriber numbers and especially with the planned price increase next month, there will always be customers looking for technical help. But look out! Is that number you’re dialing really for Netflix? Latest Netflix scam According to a warning from the Better Business Bureau (BBB), fake Netflix support phone numbers are sprouting up when people do an online search for the service’s customer support numbers....

Vivo is positioning itself as one of the most innovative companies at the moment. After the fingerprint sensor under the screen and the retractable camera of the Vivo Nex S, it is time to discover how they intend to improve the sensors for facial recognition. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer, of course, Vivo has gone to work and has come to the conclusion that the best method will be the same as the fingerprint reader: place the facial scanner under the screen....

Google released the Android M developer preview images right after the opening keynote at I/O got over. While Android M is not as big an update to Android as Lollipop, it still brings in some major enhancements to existing features of the OS. As Google puts it, Android M is all about “polish and quality” — something which the OS sorely needs considering how buggy Lollipop is. Read: Android M comes with a ‘Dark’ theme For Android lovers who don’t own a Nexus device or cannot flash the Android M developer preview on their handset, I have compiled a gallery of screenshots of Android M running on the Nexus 5....

SS7, or Signaling System No. 7, is a secret network that cellphone companies use to route your cellphone and landline telephone calls. It’s essentially a closed internet where they can track your personal information. Creepily, they can listen to your phone calls. They can also intercept your calls and text messages. Worse, they can track your phone’s physical location on SS7. In other words, hackers can find you! The problem is, the SS7 has weak security....

An investigator has now discovered a serious flaw in iOS, which shows that even with access to the right permissions, any app can leave the user vulnerable by having indiscriminate access to the cameras. It seems that this alleged failure can endanger the safety of iOS users by being able to give any app access to both iPhone cameras and taking pictures or movies without users noticing. Note that access is only guaranteed while the app is in the foreground of execution....

Few days back we had seen 22 Most Popular Google Chrome Extensions. Now, make it 23! Web of Trust (or WOT as it is popularly known) has come to Google Chrome! The big browser add-on developers have started showing interest in Google Chrome and its a great news for all Chrome fans. In case you are unfamiliar with Web of Trust (WOT), it is a project that lets people rate the trustworthiness of Web sites and see how others have rated them....

Vivo S1 Pro: Design and Display The S1 Pro comes with a plastic back with a gradient finish design on the back, with three color options: Dreamy White, Jazzy Blue, and Mystic Black. It has a diamond-shaped camera cutout to house the quad rear cameras, and towards the front, there is a 6.38-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display with a 2340 x 1080 pixels screen resolution and a 90% screen-to-body ratio....

A Lenovo representative stated that its agreement with Microsoft blocked the installation of other operating systems, but the reality looks different. The headline sums to some extent but beware anticipate events because, once again, the information is very blurred. The problem seems to lie in a lock BIOS by Lenovo: Linux distributions are not able to detect the SSD makes use of NVMe and RAID technology (Intel RST) mode. Linux detects the unit if it were set to AHCI mode, but the Lenovo computer’s BIOS is locked....